04 January 2008

north central pacific gyre

It's 5:28, do you know where your used plastic is? Let me tell you. If it wasn't recycled and didn't make it to the landfill, chances are it's swirling around a ginormous ocean vortex A floating trash heap twice the size of Texas. This is where every stray piece of anything quietly dropped into a sewer lands, anything dropped into a river, stream or over the rail of a boat. About 10 million tons floating in the sea breaking down into tiny bit sized pieces. The fish eat it, and then so do you.

5 comments:

  1. OMG, I was already a recycling FANATIC, now I'm going to have to get downright OBNOXIOUS! That's OK, I've had practice!

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  2. Staggering statistics! I had NO idea.

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  3. Ugh. So glad I've given up bottled water and grocery bags. Makes you want to go ballistic, doesn't it?

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  4. Seriously disturbing. Gross. I do wonder what percentage is water bottles.

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